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Description
African-American man with knapsack walking away from a Caucasian man lynched from a tree branch. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left, biased and in caricature style. "Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty. We meet the same end of high treason and dangle from the same high tree. Massa Davis, what a figure, you will cut upon dat swing. I'd sooner be the poorest nigger, den the whitest 'cotton king.'"
Keywords
United States; History; Civil War; 1861-1865; Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; African Americans; Pictorial works; Enslaved people; United States; Lynching; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; African Americans -- Pictorial works; Enslaved people; United States -- Pictorial works; Lynching; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Disclaimer
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Date Created
1861-1865
Identifier
DP0012813
Language
English
Extent
2 pages; 3 x 5 1/2 in.
Type
Image
Side of Image
Front of Image
Location
John C. Hitt Library
Department
Special Collections & University Archives
Type
image
Use and Reproduction
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.
Recommended Citation
""Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty" [Pictorial envelope]" (1861). African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Images. 152.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/carolmundy-images/152
Keywords
United States; History; Civil War; 1861-1865; Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; African Americans; Pictorial works; Enslaved people; United States; Lynching; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Comments
Is Part Of: African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010. UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02